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get_html_translation_table

get_html_translation_table -- Returns the translation table used by htmlspecialchars() and htmlentities().

Description

string get_html_translation_table (int table);

get_html_translation_table() will return the translation table that is used internally for htmlspecialchars() and htmlentities(). Ther are two new defines (HTML_ENTITIES, HTML_SPECIALCHARS) that allow you to specify the table you want.

Example 1. Translation Table Example

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  2 $trans = get_html_translation_table (HTML_ENTITIES);
  3 $str = "Hallo & <Frau> & Krämer";
  4 $encoded = strtr ($str, $trans);
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The $encoded variable will now contain: "Hallo &amp; &lt;Frau&gt; &amp; Kr&auml;mer".

The cool thing is using array_flip() to change the direction of the translation. 

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  2 $trans = array_flip ($trans);
  3 $original = strtr ($str, $trans);
  4 

The content of $original would be: "Hallo & <Frau> & Krämer".

Note: This function was added in PHP 4.0.

See also: htmlspecialchars(), htmlentities(), strtr(), and array_flip().

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